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Appendix A. Menus
The pulldown menus in Microplate Manager change depending on the particular part
of the application you are using. For example, if you are editing a template, one set of
menu commands are available; if you are preparing a protocols, another set of menu
commands will become available.
File
This is the initial state of the FILE menu.
New Template accesses a submenu from which you can select a standard
template size or (if you are using the Ultramark) open a dialog box in
which you can specify a custom template size.
Open opens a dialog box in which you can open an existing data or protocol file.
New Kinetic Protocol opens the default kinetic protocol window.
New Endpoint Protocol opens the default endpoint protocol window.
New Multiple Plate Protocol opens the default multiple plate protocol window.
Import... opens a dialog box in which you can open a data file that is in an
external format.
Export... opens a dialog box in which you can save your data in an external
format.
Export to Excel... opens a dialog box in which you can save your data in Excel
format.
Preferences opens a dialog box in which you can set the default location of data
and protocol files.
The last four files opened are listed.
Exit quits the program. You will be prompted to save any open files that have
been modified.
This is the appearance of the FILE menu when a data file is open or when a template
is active. New commands are described below.